Oh, I am so sorry you must go to a funeral and I send you love and support. This is always so sad....
Hopefully the knitting will distract you a bit and help to feel at home in a different town. I seldom fly so I have no idea how they reaction would be in Germany if you bring your needles. Good to know it is no problem in the USA.
And the second sock... sigh.... We should make a club and rotate these second socks, so everybody knits a first, as it is not her own sock :-DDD